Oxyrhynchus Sayings of Jesus (Greek Gospel of Thomas fragments)

Prologue. These are the ( . . . ) words which Jesus that liveth and ( . . . ) spake to ( . . . ) and to Thomas. And he said: (Whosoever heareth) these words shall not taste (of death).

Let not him that seeketh cease (seeking till he) find, and when he findeth (he shall marvel, and) having marvelled he shall reign, and (having reigned) he shall rest. (Quoted by Clement of Alexandria as from the Gospel according to the Hebrews : see p. 2.)

(. . . ) saith (Who are they that) draw us ( . . . . . . ) the kingdom that is in heaven ( . . . . ) the fowls of the heaven whatsoever is under the earth the fish of the sea. (These are they that draw) you; and the kingdom (of heaven) is within you: (and whosoever) knoweth ( . . . ) shall find it ( . . . ) know yourselves ( . . . ) ye are ( . . . ) of the Father ( . . . ) ye shall know your- selves to be in ( . . . ). And ye are the city (?) (of God (See below for suggested restorations.)

A man shall not hesitate ( having found?) to ask of ( concerning the place of ( for (ye shall find?) that many (first shall be last and) the last first and they shall ( Jesus saith ( before thy face and (that which is hidden) from thee shall be revealed (to thee: for there is nothing) hid that shall not be manifested and buried that (shall not be found or raised up) his disciples) question him (and) say: How shall we fast (and how shall we ) and how (shall we ) and what shall we observe ( ). Jesus saith ( ) Do not do ( ) of the truth ( ) hidden ( ) blessed is he (

And then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote which is in thy brother’s eye. ​

Jesus saith: If ye fast not from the world ye shall not find the kingdom of God, and if ye keep not Sabbath for the whole week, ye shall not see the Father.

Jesus saith: I stood in the midst of the world, and in flesh appeared I unto them: and I found all men drunken, and none did I find thirsting among them and my soul is afflicted for the sons of men, because they are blind in their heart and see not . . . (bottom of the column gone) col. 2. poverty

(Jesus saith) Wheresoever there are (two, they are not without) God: and where there is one alone I say I am with him. Lift up the stone and there shalt thou find me: cleave the wood, and I am there.

Jesus saith: A prophet is not acceptable in his own country, nor doth a physician do cures upon them that know him.

Jesus saith: A city built upon the top of an high mountain and established can neither fall. nor be hidden.

Jesus saith: Thou hearest with(in) thy (one) ear (but the other thou hast closed). . . . · · · · ·

Evelyn White would restore thus:         Judas) saith: (Who then are they that draw us, (and when shall come the kingdom that is in heaven? (Jesus saith:) The fowls of the heaven (and of the beasts what -ever is beneath the earth (or upon the earth, and) the fishes of the sea, (these are they that draw you: and the kingdom (of heaven) is within you: (and whosoever) knoweth (himself) shall find (it: and having found it) ye shall know yourselves, (that) ye are (sons and heirs) of the Father the (Almighty, and) shall know yourselves (that ye are) in (God and God in you). And ye are the (City of God). Judas the interrogator is ‘not Iscariot’.